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Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES   

Manuscript Submission:

All submissions should be made online, through the website http://journal.unika.ac.id/index.php/JMBE/ as an attachment using Microsoft Word.

The submitted manuscript should be your own original work. It has been submitted only to Journal of Management and Business Environment and is not under consideration by another publication or has been or will be published elsewhere.

The submitted manuscript should be written in English. Authors have the responsibility to ensure that their articles are written in an acceptable standard of English (use professional proofreader if necessary). Authors  can  use  either  British  or  American  spellings  and  should  use  it  consistently throughout the manuscript.

Manuscript Format:

The manuscript must be submitted in a Word document (.doc) and should follow strictly the following format

• must be written in Times New Roman using double-spacing excluding quotations, tables, notes, and references that must be single-spacing.
• should be written on A4 paper size with 4cm for top and left margins and 3cm for right and bottom margins.
• should not exceed 8,000 words (excluding notes, figures, tables and references).
• must be page numbered using middle bottom page style.
• must be accompanied by an abstract of up to 200 words and five keywords maximum.

The Writing Guidelines:

The manuscript should cover the following sections and is arranged in the following order

•   Title

Title must be concise and not exceed 15 words, should be able to express the content briefly, written in capitalize each word and bold, and center alignment.

•   Author’s name and affiliation

The author(s) must provide their full name with no academic degrees and affiliation with their article. In case there are more than one author, the corresponding author must be specified with asteric (*) behind the name. The affiliation covers name of institution and city.

•   Email address and phone numbers

Authors must provide their email address and phone numbers with their article available for correspondence.

•   Abstract

Describe briefly the purpose, methods, results, conclusions, and implications of the work in maximum 200 words and single space.

•   Keywords

Provide up to 5 words that must be as specific as possible and presented in alphabetic order, separated with comma.

•   Introduction

Explain reasons underlying the work and purpose(s) of the work, problems to be addressed and originality of the work that shows the difference from similar works.

•   Literature Review

Present the concepts underlying the work systematically so they provide clear conceptual framework of the work.

•   Methodology

Outline the method for selecting sample, gathering data, and analysing data completely and clearly according to the type of research or approach of the work.

•   Results and Discussion

Present the results of the work according to the analysis carried out. Place tables, charts, or images in this section instead of in appendix. Identify each table, chart, and image with number and title.

Discuss the results by relating them to the concepts or theories presented in the literature review and previous relevant reseach to give the conceptually sound answers to the research problems.

•   Conclusion and Implications

State explicitly the answers of the problems addressed in the work as the conclusion. The conclusion must be generated from the discussion above.

Outline either academical or practical implications of the results and if necessay provide suggestions to relevant entities and future researchers accordingly.

•   References

Outline all references cited in the work that must be presented using APA 6^th or7^th format and can apply one of the referene manager software such as Mendeley, Zotero, Endnotes, and others. You may refer the APA format citation guide available in Mendeley by accessing https://www.mendeley.com/guides/apa-citation-guide/.

• Acknowledgement 

Acknowledge contributors who are not mentioned as authors including their particular contribution. Also acknowledge all sources of funding for the work and identify the research funder and the grant number (if applicable) for each source.

A non research-based article can adjust the guideline in particularly the main body according to the need of the work. It however must cover title, author’s names and affiliation, email address and phone numbers, abstract, keywords, introduction, conclusion, and references.  The main body can be divided into sub sections and  sub title may be assigned necessarily as needed.

General Style

•   Headings and subheadings must be bold, no number, and follow section rank as follows

Rank 1 (all caps and left alignment)

Rank 2 (capitalize each word and left alignment)

Rank 3 (Sentence case and left alignment)

•   Numbers: spell out numbers from one to nine, 10 and above to remain in figures.

•   Dates: 1 January 2019; Feb-Sept; the 1920s; 2010-2019; twentieth century.

•   Exact measurements: use only figures (8 kg, 6 per cent not %, 5 thousands not 000).

•   Capitalization: use sparingly, generally in titles.

•  Social actors: use ‘woman’ and ‘women’ not ‘female’ and ‘females’. Similarly, use ‘man’ and ‘men’ not ‘male’ and ‘males’. ‘Female’ and ‘male’ should be used when referring to the construction of a social identity.

•   Foreign words should be in italics.

 Figures and Tables

• All figures (diagrams, images and photographs) and tables should be provided in the text and numbered in the order that they appear in text.
• Each figure and table should have a heading, an explanatory caption if necessary, and a source or reference.

•     Number and heading of a table are placed above the table but they must be placed below the figure for a figure.

Citations and References

All citation and references must be follow the American Psychological Association (APA) 6th or 7th edition style. You can refer to it on https://oldi.lipi.go.id/public/APA-References.pdf

Citation:

•   One author: Smith (2018); (Smith, 2018).

•   Two authors: Smith and Daniel (2003); (Smith & Daniel, 2003).

•   More than 2 authors: Smith et al. (2001); (Smith et al., 2001).

References:

•   References contain only those cited in the text.

•   References are presented in alphabetical order of the author’s name and chronologically.

•   References are written in the form of  Hanging.

•   The detail referencing is as follow:

Journal Article

Anderson, C. (2010). Business in the future. Journal of Business Management, 1, 5–17.

Book

Anderson, C. (2010). Business in the future. Semarang: SCU Press.

Article in an edited book

Anderson, C. (2010). Managing the future organization. In G. Verhoven (Ed.), Business in the future (pp. 2–22). Semarang: SCU Press.

Edited book

Anderson, C. (Ed.). (2010). Business in the future. Semarang: SCU Press.

Dissertation (unpublished)

Anderson, C. (2010). Business in the future. Unpublished master thesis, University of

Magistra Management, Semarang.

Article presented at a symposium, conference, seminar or annual meeting

Anderson, C. (2010, June). Creating a business reference for everyone. Article presented at the International Conference of Management Issues, Semarang.

Online reference

Anderson, C. (2010, June). About adapting business in turbulent environment. Business in the future. Retrieved Date, Month, Year, from  http://www.magistra.com (do not place a period at the end of an online reference).